• DocumentCode
    2656343
  • Title

    Temporal contrast enhanced to 10-10 for Petawatt scale femtosecond lasers

  • Author

    Jullien, A. ; Albert, O. ; Etchepare, J. ; Augé-Rochereau, F. ; Chambaret, J.P. ; Chériaux, G. ; Falcoz, F. ; Minkovski, N. ; Saltiel, S.M.

  • Author_Institution
    LOA-ENSTA, Chemin de la Huniere, Palaiseau, France
  • Volume
    3
  • fYear
    2005
  • fDate
    22-27 May 2005
  • Firstpage
    2015
  • Abstract
    We present a new non-linear solid-state technique for temporal femtosecond pulses cleaning. The contrast reaches 10-10 for millijoule input pulse. The method is reliable enough to solve the contrast issue for petawatt class lasers.
  • Keywords
    high-speed optical techniques; multiwave mixing; solid lasers; millijoule input pulse; nonlinear solid-state technique; petawatt class lasers; temporal femtosecond pulses cleaning; Chemical lasers; Laser theory; Laser tuning; Nonlinear filters; Optical pulse generation; Optical pulses; Pulse amplifiers; Pulse measurements; Solid state circuits; Ultrafast optics;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Quantum Electronics and Laser Science Conference, 2005. QELS '05
  • Print_ISBN
    1-55752-796-2
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/QELS.2005.1549360
  • Filename
    1549360
    • Link To Document
    https://search.isc.ac/dl/search/defaultta.aspx?DTC=49&DC=2656343